Mission
James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and
prevent his one time ally - Alec Trevelyan Agent 006 - from utilising the
GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.

Original 1995 Poster Art for Goldeneye

Mission Profile James Bond must prevent his one time ally, Alec Travelyan (agent 006),
and renegade Soviet officers from utilizing the Goldeneye weapons system
to initiate a worldwide catastrophe.
James Bond teams up with the lone survivor of a destroyed Russian research
center to stop the hijacking of a nuclear space weapon by a fellow agent
believed to be dead.

Release Data 17th Bond film.
USA: 17th November 1995 (12)
Following a six-year absence, Bond was reincarnated for the fifth time as Pierce
Brosnan in GOLDENEYE.
In its first three days the 17th Bond film earned
$ 28,1 million on 2,667 screens.

United Artists Release Date: November 17 1995

Times have changed. The Iron Curtain has fallen, giving way to
a new world order, and the power plays of political agendas have
been replaced by ruthless plots for profit. The war has
changed...but the warriors remain the same.

Ian Fleming's James Bond is back! Pierce Brosnan takes on the
role of legendary Agent 007, as the most successful film
franchise in history once again explodes onto the big screen.

An Albert R. Broccoli presentation, GOLDENEYE is directed by
Martin Campbell and produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara
Broccoli from a screenplay by Michael France and Jeffrey Caine.
The executive producer is Tom Pevsner.

GOLDENEYE is set firmly in the present day, with swiftly changing
political patterns turning old opponents into new best
friends...and old allies into deadly enemies.

No James Bond adventure would be complete without its leading
ladies and GOLDENEYE features two very talented and beautiful actresses. Famke Janssen and Izabella Scorupco star as the
stunning Bond women of the '90s, who prove a formidable match for
the super secret agent.

The outstanding cast also includes English film stars: Sean Bean
as Alec Trevelyan, once Bond's colleague and friend; Robbie
Coltrane as Valentin, a former KGB controller turned ruthless
arms dealer; and Alan Cumming as Boris, a Russian computer wizard. Jon Don Baker also stars as 007's cynical American CIA
contact Jack Wade. Bond's irreplacable colleagues on Her
Majesty's Secret Service will also be along, beginning with
Desmond Llewelyn, who once again reprises his role as the ingenious, albeit long-suffering Q. The aptly named Shakespearean
stage actress Samantha Bond appears as the beloved Miss Moneypenny, and distinguished stage and screen actress Dame Judi
Dench becomes the first woman to portray Bond's superior, known
only as M.

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on the set at Leavesden for the 1995 Pierce Brosnan James Bond film GoldenEye. (COA supplied).

Before
commencing his recent mission to stop the Double-0 agent turned traitor, Alec
Trevelyan, from using the Goldeneye Weapons System, James Bond made his
by now traditional stop at the laboratory run by Major Boothroyd - "Q".
The ill-tempered gadget master has over the years equipped Bond with a wide
variety of distinguished, state of the art, automobiles, for Goldeneye it was to
be no different. Months before it's release to the general public BMW had
provided EON productions with an example of the new roadster that they were
readying for production, this exclusivity alone guaranteed that the roadster
would generate interest wherever it was driven. The 1996 BMW z3 Roadster
was handed over to Bond by Q, however as one would expect Q had modified the
roadster to meet his own high standards:

Stinger Missiles behind the headlights.

Ejector Seat.

Emergency Parachute Braking System

All-points Radar

The
sleek lined convertible would primarily be a pleasure tool for Bond during this
mission, with the elegant lines and handsome body styling fitting Bond's style
perfectly. Unfortunately the Roadster saw very little action during the film.
It was used in the Carribean to deliver Bond and Natalya to a small plane which
would be their transport into Cuba to destroy Trevalyan's Secret Headquarters.
Bond is seen to releuctantly hand over the keys to his CIA contact - Jack Wade -
who made a rather insincere promise not to have too much fun with it. After a
reminder not to touch any buttons, the roadster exits it's brief Bond film
tenure.
As previously mentioned the roadster featured in the film months before it's
official release to the general public, the model used was a 1.9 litre
Roadster finished in Atlanta Blue with a Beige Interior, the
original now resides in the exhibition area of The James
Bond 007 Museum in Nybro
Sweden..

BMW Z3 Roadster 1.8 Litre on set during the filming of Goldeneye.

Brosnan on set with the 1995 BMW Z3 Roadster.

A limited run of "Bond Edition" models was produced which sold out
within hours of the release, with each carrying a numbered plaque testifying to
their authenticity, these examples are now sought after collectibles in their
own right.

This was the first occasion when BMW and EON partnered with regard to the
vehicles issued to or used by Bond in the films; in Tomorrow Never Dies,
Bond was seen to drive a BMW 750il, and whilst in Vietnam, he
appropriated a BMW R1200 Cruiser Motorcycle. In The World Is Not
Enough, the chosen vehicle was the z8 Roadster, again seen on screen prior
to it's release to the general public, like the z3 Roadster almost 4 years
before, the z8 was a closely guarded secret whilst on set.

PIERCE
BROSNAN stars as Agent 007Jack Wade: Come on, my car's over there.James Bond: After you.Jack Wade: Thank you.
[comes up after Jack Wade and traps him with the car door and draws his
gun on him]James Bond: Like you said, "Drop it".Jack Wade: All right, in London April is a spring month, whereas in
St. Petersburg we're freezing our butts off. Is that close enough for
government work?James Bond: No. Show me the rose.Jack Wade: Please, no.
[Bonds shoves his gun into Wade]Jack Wade: Alright, alright, alright.
[Wade unbuckles his pants and shows him his rose tattoo with the name
"Muffy"]James Bond: Muffy?Jack Wade: Third wife.

The bikini Izabella Scorupco wore in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye
(white, three-piece: top, bottom, and sarong). Izabella has donated the bikini
herself, it has been in her possession since the filming. Now in The James Bond
007 Museum Sweden Nybro.

Trivia - GoldenEye

A number of scenes from the original
screenplay failed to make it to the finished film:

During his attack on the Arkangel Chemical Weapons
Facility, Bond
would have seen off two guards while they played
chess. This, and other cut scenes can be seen on
the Ultimate Edition DVD.

M's
first meeting with Bond originally ended with the
line "...whose boyish charms I might actually
have succumbed to ten years ago," implying
that there may have been a relationship of some
sort in the past. The dialogue was wisely changed
to the less ambiguous "...whose boyish
charms, although wasted on me..."

There was more of Jack Wade's gardening obsession,
which only survives obliquely in the finished
film.

When Bond and Wade
arrived at Zukovsky's,
they were originally to have passed a sort of car
boot sale where all the goods on offer were
illegal weaponry. Inside, Zukovsky would have
first been seen dismissing one of the traders who
is trying to sell him counterfeit goods.

The Bond film to follow "Licence
to Kill" (1989) [which eventually became "GoldenEye"
(1995)] was supposed to be released in 1991 or 1992, but
legal squabbles over the ownership of James Bond,
disappointing box office results on "Licence to
Kill" (1989), and the death of longtime
screenwriter Richard Maibaum, delayed the start of
production for several years. Although he was contracted
to play Bond a third time, after several years elapsed
with no new film, Timothy
Dalton announced he didn't want to play the role
again. This opened the door for Pierce Brosnan.

During years that the Bond film that
eventually became "GoldenEye" was in a legal
quagmire, it went through several title and concept
changes. Initially, Michael
G. Wilson and Alphonse Ruggerio wrote a script
treatment under the title "Property of a Lady"
which would have seen the Bond film series briefly
return to using Ian
Fleming titles. According to what little evidence is
available about this script, the film would have taken
place in Hong Kong.

"GoldenEye" was Pierce
Brosnan's first appearance as James Bond. He was offered
the role when the production was planning "The
Living Daylights" (1987), but was unable to
accept it due to his contractual obligations to
"Remington Steele" (1982).

Before Pierce Brosnan was cast as
James Bond, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Hugh
Grant and Lambert Wilson were all rumoured to be in the
running for the role.

Actresses considered as Bond girls
were Elizabeth Hurley and Elle Macpherson. Paulina
Porizkova was offered the role as Bond's leading lady,
but turned it down.

The 006 character, Alec
Trevelyan (Sean Bean) was originally written as a
much older character and a mentor to Bond. The producers
tried to get Anthony Hopkins to play the role, but when
he refused they rewrote it to be a younger age.

"GoldenEye" is the first
James Bond film to not be directed by a British director:
Martin
Campbell was born in New Zealand (still a member of
the Commonwealth). Since 1995, Bond has been directed by
two further interational directors, Lee Tamahori (New
Zealand) and Marc
Forster (Switzerland).

Several changes had to be made to the
script prior to production because the plot was
virtually identical to "True Lies" (1994)
which was released the year before.

This was the Bond film in many years
not to have its title sequence designed by Maurice
Binder, who died after "Licence to Kill"
(1989) was released. "GoldenEye" is digital
artist and music video director Daniel Kleinman's first
James Bond title sequence.

The satellite dish used in the end of
the film is the same one used in the film
"Contact" (1997). The massive dish is the
Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

Near the end of the film a computer
displays "Pevsner Commerzbank GmBH", a
reference to executive producer Tom Pevsner.

Pierce Brosnan was officially
introduced to the press as the new James Bond on 8 June
1994 at the Regent Hotel in London. He was sporting a
full beard as he was about to start production on
"Robinson Crusoe" (1997) the next day.

This film marks the first time the Aston
Martin DB5 has been in a James Bond film since
"Thunderball"
(1965). The DB5 would reprise its starring role again in
"Casino
Royale" (2006). The latter two films are both
directed by Campbell.

Robbie Coltrane's scenes were shot on
the first day of production, 16 January 1995.

British rock'n'roll band, The Rolling
Stones were offered the chance to sing the title song,
but declined.

"Goldeneye"
is the nickname of Bond creator, Ian Fleming's
beachfront house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and
1964) he wrote the Bond novels and short stories.

Long-standing visual effects
supervisor Derek
Meddings died of natural causes during the
production of the film, hence the dedication of the film
to him.

"GoldenEye" is the first,
completely original James Bond film, without reference
to any Ian Fleming novel or short story.

Second and last Bond film to be
turned into a novel by then-current James Bond writer, John
Gardner.

In the script, M's real name is
Barbara Mawdsley.

In the opening car chase between
Bond's Aston Martin and Onatopp's Ferrari, Famke Janssen
performed her own driving stunts. She confirmed this in
an interview with Jay Leno in 1995.

The song sung by Zukovsky's
girlfriend Irina (Minnie Driver) in the nightclub was
"Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette.

This is the first James Bond film in
which Albert
Broccoli does not have a credited role in the
production.

The scene where Xenia
kills the old man qualifies as the first actual sex
scene shown in an official Bond film. (There is a love
scene between Sean Connery and Barbara Carrera in Never
Say Never Again (1983), but that isn't an official
Bond).

One of the sounds/noises during the
attack on the "GoldenEye" control station by
weapon itself, seems to be exactly the same humming
noise the CRM-114 makes, when it receives a message in
the movie "Dr. Strangelove".

Joe Don Baker, who plays Jack Wade,
James Bond's CIA counterpart in "GoldenEye" is
the first actor to have played both a villain and then
an ally (Charles Gray did it the other way around). He
had previously played, Brad
Whitaker in "The Living Daylights" (1987).
He would go on to reprise the role of Wade in "Tomorrow
Never Dies" (1997).

As the Bond series traditional home
at Pinewood Studios was unavailable, the producers
created a new studio from a former Rolls-Royce aircraft
engine factory. This studio, at Leavesden in
Hertfordshire, was subsequently used for "Sleepy
Hollow" (1999) and "Star Wars: Episode I - The
Phantom Menace" (1999).

"GoldenEye" was the first
Bond film (and indeed any film released by MGM/UA) to be
produced in Dolby Digital.

Although it is alleged that Pierce
Brosnan's contract to play James Bond specifically
prohibited him from appearing in other movies wearing a
tuxedo, he nevertheless appears in a tuxedo in "The
Mirror Has Two Faces", which followed Brosnan's
first James Bond appearance in "GoldenEye" by
more than a year.

The black-haired Tiger
helicopter pilot Onatopp shoots before she steals it, is
the same man who performed the bungee stunt in the
opening sequence: Wayne Michaels.

The pen
grenade given to 007 by Q
in this movie is actually a stainless steel Parker
Jotter.

Michael G. Wilson, the film's
co-producer appears as a member of the Russian Security
Council.

For the first time, computer graphics
were used to create the famous "gun barrel"
opening.

The new arrangement of the Bond theme
used in the opening was disliked by many fans and was
replaced by a more traditional version in future films.

Swedish pop group Ace Of Base was
originally slated to perform the title theme song. Ace
Of Base recorded the song, written by the band's own
Jonas Berggren, but was pulled out of the project by
their then record label. Ace Of Base later re-wrote the
lyrics to the song, renaming it "The
Juvenile", and put it on their album, "Da
Capo", released in Europe in late 2002. The song
was even released as a single off of that album in
Germany in December, 2002.

Features the highest bungee jump from
a structure in a movie. The drop was over 722 ft.

Goldeneye was actually the code name
of a contingency plan that the Allies devised in the
event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan was
concocted in part by Ian Fleming himself, as an SIS
agent.

The plane that Wade delivers to Bond
(borrowed from a friend in the DEA) is a reference to
"Licence to Kill" (1989). Franz
Sanchez attempts to escape in a plane of the same
make, model, and series (but with a different
registration) before his capture by the DEA.

Composer John Altman provided the
music for the tank chase, after it was decided that Eric
Serra's initial arrangement was not to be used. It
appears on the soundtrack
CD as "Pleasant Drive in St. Petersburg".

The theme song for the film, "GoldenEye"
was written by Bono and The Edge of U2 and performed by
Tina Turner. Bono's inspiration for writing the song
came when he spent his honeymoon with his wife in Ian
Fleming's Jamaican beach house named Goldeneye.

The 6-year, 4-month gap between this
film and "Licence to Kill" (1989) is the
longest between any of the Bond movies.

The song "The Experience of
Love", which appears during the end credits is
actually a sped-up version with lyrics of a select
sequence from Eric Serra's score from his previous film,
Léon (1994)

In the original script, Admiral
Farrell was to be an American. According to David L.
Robb's book "Operation Hollywood" this was
changed at the request of the US Pentagon.

At the time the script was being
written the producers were under the assumption that
Timothy Dalton would be renewing the role of Bond. It
was written to match Dalton's darker, more realistic
portrayal of 007.

In real life, Severnya is actually an
island.

"GoldenEye" is the most
successful Bond film since "Moonraker"
(1979).
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